’Slumdog..’ tax-free in Delhi
Danny Boyle-directed
“Slumdog Millionaire”,
which bagged eight Oscar awards including two for music composer A R Rahman, has become tax-free in the national capital from Thursday.
Three days ago, announcing tax-free status for the movie, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had said the film has “created history”.
Excise commissioner R Pillai said that the distributors today collected the orders for tax-free status for the film.
Expressing her pleasure over Slumdog Millionaire reaping a rich harvest at the Oscars, Dikshit had said, “This film has earned a special distinction by claiming eight Oscar awards in different categories and hence created history in the field of Indian cinema.”
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VHP, Bajrang dal members booked for hate slogan during protest march in Gurugram
Deepak Saharan, deputy commissioner of police (west), said nearly 100 members of the two outfits assembled at Nehru Park around 5pm on Wednesday and marched towards Sadar Bazar before dispersing at Harish Bakery Chowk.
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Delhi rain: Traffic glacial as impact of rain spills on to streets
Heavy traffic was seen on Najafgarh Road, Zakhira flyover, Sarita Vihar underpass, Bawana industrial area, Civil Lines, Rohini, Deoli-Khanpur, and also at Rajgarh Colony in Shahdara area due to religious processions and waterlogging.
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Delhi got half its July rain in a day
The arrival of monsoon was declared on Thursday, when it began raining early in the morning. From 8.30am on Thursday to 8.30am on Friday — the period between the two morning hours is how IMD classifies its 24-hour period — the city recorded 117.2mm. Normally, Delhi records 210.6mm of rain in July. Throughout Friday, there was significantly less rainfall, and the maximum temperature at the Safdarjung weather station (considered representative of Delhi’s) settled at 31.9°C, 2.5 degrees more than Thursday.
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Delhi LG converts 128 temporary doctor posts to permanent ones
Fresh recruitment will be done via an open selection process for these newly converted posts. Those occupying the posts will not qualify to be permanent without participating in the open selections. Officials said that the LG has asked concerned officials to process the filling of vacancies and upgradation at the earliest, unduly pending for years.
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15 BA.5 cases logged in 2 hospitals; Capital adds 813 Covid-19 infections
The BA.5 is overtaking other Omicron lineage coronaviruses in several parts of the world, reinforcing early signs that it has a growth advantage after having triggered new waves in some regions. Dr Ekta Gupta, professor of clinical virology at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), said, “At ILBS, we have reported seven-eight cases of BA.5 so far. This is out of the samples we received from across the city.”
